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neoblackdragon t1_ixe6wpm wrote

You're looking for a correct answer like A must lead to be.

All that matters is he thinks this information may reveal truth.
He's trying to get her to talk and express herself. Maybe it's all lies whatever she says but it says plenty if that's what she makes up. Maybe just maybe, she may see it as pointless to keep lying.

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Again it doesn't matter if that will be the case, as long as he thinks it could be.

Additionally it clues us in to the idea that while this is the first time we are seeing this scene, who knows how many times he's done this portion of the loop. This man may have spent months or years on this same trip.

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LiberLilith OP t1_ixe8e8k wrote

I guess I can go with the whole small talk business to get her to open up more, but why not use some actual information he's obtained from previous loops? He mentions Hendrix and she immediately starts asking how does he know that - why not use more of those snippets to show her she opened up to him in previous loops? That's an even better way to show he's done this all before.

The scene feels a bit like filler to me (a cardinal sin in screenwriting), and it stands out in what was otherwise a very tightly written script - everything else said and done has a purpose and a reason, but this scene feels slightly out of place. If the scene's purpose is to show how many loops he's done or how he's fishing for information, I think it could have been done in a better way, without the made up middle name and lost brother story.

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